Dyke's Aircraft Engine Instructor, 1928
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Textbook
Authority: Author (Instructional reference)
Scope: "This book deals principally with aircraft gasoline engines and their accessories, such as carburetors, magnetos, starters, etc., the idea being to familiarize the student, the mechanic, and the public in general, who are mechanically inclined, with the construction and the principle of operation of the modern gasoline engine designed for aircraft work.
Many will want to know more about maintenance of such engines, and with this in mind the subjects of disassembly, inspection, and assembly have been included."
Contents: From the TOC
"1. Elementary Principles of an Automotive Gasoline Engine
2. Wright "Whirlwind" Aircraft Engines
3. "Wasp" Aircraft Engine
4. Curtiss Aircraft Engines
5. Packard Aircraft Engines
6. Fairchild-Caminez Cam-Type Drive Aircraft Engine
7. Aircraft Engine Lubrication
8. Miscellaneous Aircraft Engines
9. Miscellaneous Aircraft Engines (Early Models)
10. Aircraft Magnetos (Scintilla)
11. Aircraft Magnetos (Splitdorf)
12. Aircraft Carburetors (Stromberg)
13. Aircraft Engine Starters and Generators
14. Aircraft Instruments and Controls
15. Miscellaneous Aircraft Information
16. Nomenclature for Aeronautics
Dates
- Publication: 1928
Creator
- Dyke, A. L. (Author, Person)
- Goodheart-Willcox Company (Publisher, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.
Extent
From the Collection: 72 Linear feet (91 boxes + 81 binders + 9 oversize + TBD books in UAH Special Collections)
Language of Materials
English
Source
- Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc. (Donor, Organization)
- Koch, Theodore (Donor, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections Repository
M. Louis Salmon Library
301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville Alabama 35899 United States of America
256-824-6523
archives@uah.edu